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Loss of wages may be estimated; but where is the tariff or price-current by which to determine those greater losses which have been the lot of every slave?
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Loss of wages may be estimated; but where is the tariff or price-current by which to determine those greater losses…”
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Sumner emphasizes the difficulty of quantifying the profound losses experienced by enslaved individuals beyond mere financial terms.
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